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Transistors were just becoming available then. I'm impressed someone was thinking of using them for ignition that early.
Can you imagine building that car for$1500.00 even in 1953. if I could afford it that is the blueprint I would look for. Tom
i cleaned out a garage for a developer who had purchased the house cheap from the estate. i pulled a truck load of junk out including a weird gm distributor. it looked like a regular point distributor on the out side but an hei on the inside. we ran the numbers and it was from a 64[?] corvette
Electronic ignition was an option on Corvettes at that time. But the first to offer electronic ignition from the factory was Avanti in 1961 or 62.
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